The consequences of the ruling African National Congress‘s (ANC) loss of the Cape Town city hall to the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) during the December 2000 elections are starting to be felt. The situation has become extremely tense between the [.
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Promotion has been rapid for General Katumba Wamala, who sees himself promoted major general in addition to being chosen to [...]
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With his presidential ambitions, Patrick Rajaonary resigned his seat as chairman of the Syndicat des Industries de Madagascar (SIM) last [...]
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A military specialist is President George W Bush’s choice for America’s next ambassador to Eritrea. Indeed, since September 2000, Donald [...]
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Since Walter Kansteiner was named assistant secretary of state for African affairs by President George W Bush, no other significant [...]
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The successful escape and border crossing of two foreigners, a British man and a Kenyan woman who had been arrested [...]
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Wanting to bank on the interest generated by the full solar eclipse on Madagascar on June 21, the ministry of [...]
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Meetings between officials of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF, the hard core of the ruling EPRDF) were held last [...]
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It can hardly be claimed that the articles in last week’s Indian Ocean Newsletter (947) – about the fears in [...]
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With the deadline of the 2002 presidential elections approaching at a steady pace, the chairman of the opposition Democratic Party [...]
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Already embattled by a radical group inside the party led by the MP Munyaradzi Gwisai (ION 942), the leaders of [...]
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It turns out it’s not one single Mercedes car, but three, that the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) [...]
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With the switching of two of his 10 ministers, President [...]
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Uniting George Utamire‘s Zimbabwe Building Contractors Association (ZBCA) and the Construction Industry Federation of Zimbabwe (CIFZ, consisting mainly of white [...]
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In an effort to offset the drop in foreign investment, Uganda has, thanks to financing from the World Bank, hired [...]
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A new three-party meeting between South Africa, Mozambique, and Portugal to discuss the future of the Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa [...]
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The new head of the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA) will be a professional tour operator, Guy Hugnin. The current [...]
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Eric Stauffer, the Swiss businessman who made headlines in Mauritius by suing former Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, former minister Xavier-Luc [...]
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Two private forestry companies in Kenya are involved in the importation, if not the outright exploitation, of timber wood from [...]
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The South African mining company Foskor has taken over from France’s Rhodia Chimie in the project of prospecting for and [...]
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With its traffic down in every area – 65% less flights and freight and 31% fewer passengers – Air Djibouti [...]
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Launched by the Rakotovololona brothers four years ago, Madagascar’s first [...]
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After its meeting last week, the board of directors of [...]
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A loan without interest from state funds is President Ismaël [...]
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Giving up the seat of president of the Rogers group [...]
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In late May, Switzerland’s new ambassador to Kenya will take [...]
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The London delegate of the Agência de Informação de Moçambique [...]
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A Kenyan scientist has been chosen by the South African [...]
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The competition for the publicity budget of the South African [...]
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The Waberi group has just acquired the right to represent [...]
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Already the owner of several companies in Ethiopia, including Addis [...]
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